In Reply to: Bringing friends to Australia posted by Maggie on Monday, 9. January 2012 at 04:42 Bali Time:
Posted by Luvthe Northern Territory on Wednesday, 19. October 2011 at 06:09 Bali Time:
In Reply to: Help re Australian Visa for Balinese posted by takemetobali on Tuesday, 18. October 2011 at 11:59 Bali Time:
in the end I went over for a few days & stayed in my friends village to get the documentation. Our first application for the tourist Visa was refused, I also phoned immigration here in Australia to verify the types of docs needed. Their web site is quite informative though.
My friend is married & she has a 2 year old son. Whilst having a long stable work history at the time of the Visa app she was unemployed. For demonstrating proof of return
We got:
A letter from the Banjar outlining her position & responsibilities in the village being the only daughter in law.
A letter from her husband granting permission for her to holiday for a short time. Outlining our long history of friendship and again her responsibilities based on cultural contributions. Note the fact she was leaving a child behind is NO proof of return.
A letter from the Familys village laundry business which she helps as a volunteer.
A letter from my husband outling our close family friendship with proof of financial support as back up to all the docs I provided about me. Proof of employment bank accounts passport
A letter from me outlining all of the above as well stating our plans of activities
A letter from her saying all of the above from her perspective.
In the planning stage she also opened her first ever bank account.
This helped me send funds for Visa passport etc. Plus her family was able to put some funds in from time to time. This demonstrated that she had some funds if required to support herself should things not work out here. My income & sponsor committment was not sufficient ( one of the reasons the 1st application was refused)
It was a wonderful 3 weeks we had together here.
Glad we went thru the process.
Hope this is of help.